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Going West: True Crime

Brian Egg // 309

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.610.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In 2018, a San Francisco man was found dismembered in a fish tank inside his own home. After strange reports from the neighbors, investigators began searching for the culprit of his grisly murder. But with multiple calls to 911, and a large gap of time before the investigation began, did they lose the opportunity to catch the perpetrator? This is the story of Brian Egg. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. San Francisco Chronicle: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Missing-SF-man-Brian-Egg-remembered-by-friends-13222505.php 2. San Francisco Chronicle: https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Headless-body-found-in-SF-fish-tank-ruled-a-13829458.php 3. ABC: https://abc7news.com/headless-body-timeline-found-sf-no-head/5467636/ 4. ABC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5w3-kPxRZs 5. The Bay Area Reporter: https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=crime&id=280374 6. The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/15/brian-egg-san-francisco-fish-tank-murder 7. Medium: https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-police-had-ample-time-to-catch-offenders-at-the-crime-scene-but-did-not-da08dd222770 8. The Bay Area Reporter: https://www.ebar.com/story.php?296425 9. Patch: https://patch.com/california/dublin/person-interest-headless-body-case-held-santa-rita-jail 10. Eugene's Obituary: https://www.degusipefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Eugene-Charles-43246/#!/Obituary 11. Jan's Obituary: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1994/05/03/pinellas-obituaries/ 12. Mark H. Freeman: https://markhfreeman.wordpress.com/the-stud-decade-by-decade/ 13. The Bay Area Reporter: https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=crime&id=275609 14. The Bay Area Reporter: https://www.ebar.com/story.php?276315 15. ABC: https://abc7news.com/sf-murder-case-person-of-interest-brian-egg-lance-silva/5271840/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What is going on True Crime fans? I'm your host Tee. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to Going West. Hello everybody. Hope you're having a wonderful day.

0:24.0

Today we have a very shocking story out of San Francisco that I really haven't seen any buzz on somehow. So thank you so much everybody for tuning in.

0:33.0

Actually just yesterday we released a new bonus episode on the case of a Rushi Talwar who's known as the John Bine Ramsey of India.

0:41.0

And I don't say that to diminish a Rushi's own story, but just to compare to a case that you guys probably all know pretty well.

0:48.0

A Rushi's story is mind-blowing and tragic and we posted photos of her and maps and diagrams on our socials. So you can go check that out and follow along what happened in that apartment with visuals.

1:02.0

Yes, so if you guys are not subscribed yet and you want to hear a Rushi Talwar's case, and almost 90 other bonus episodes, head on over to patreon.com slash going west podcast or Apple subscriptions on Apple Podcasts.

1:15.0

But either way today we have got quite the story for you guys, so let's talk about it.

1:21.0

Alright guys, this is episode 309 of Going West, so let's get into it.

2:15.0

In summer of 2018, a San Francisco man was found dismembered in a fish tank inside his own home.

2:24.0

After strange reports from the neighbors, investigators began searching for the culprit of his grisly murder.

2:31.0

But with multiple calls to 911 and a large gap of time before the investigation began, did they lose the opportunity to catch the perpetrator?

2:42.0

This is the story of Brian Egg.

2:45.0

Brian Nelson Egg was born on September 11th, 1952 to Jan and Eugene Egg, and he grew up alongside two brothers named Devon and Edward, and he also was found dead.

3:00.0

His dad Eugene served in the army, traveling all over the world though, it's unknown if the family came with him or if they stayed back.

3:24.0

But basically the family did originally settle in San Francisco where Eugene had attended college, but when Brian was 22 his parents relocated to Florida.

3:34.0

His brother Edward now lives in Columbia, South Carolina and Lynn and Devon both remain in Florida, but Brian chose to stay back in California and spend his life in beautiful San Francisco.

3:47.0

Very little has been made public about Brian's personal life or his early life, but we know that he was a fascinating person.

3:56.0

In the 1970s as a young gay man in San Francisco, Brian relished being a part of the social justice movements that the city was known for because people really flooded their seeking diversity, culture and acceptance.

4:10.0

The hippie movement of the 1960s, which the hate Ashbury neighborhood was world renowned for as I'm sure a lot of you guys know, led into Vietnam War protests and the assassination of the first openly gay politician Harvey Milk, and Brian had a front seat to all of it.

4:28.0

Friends remember Brian as a bit of a wild child that he had once been arrested for growing marijuana and that he loved hitting the bars in North Beach for dancing.

4:38.0

It's kind of funny that that's what they claimed a wild child was now you know in most states you can grow weed in your backyard.

4:44.0

Yeah, but back then totally different story so Brian settled in the Soma or South of Market Street neighborhood and actually purchased his own property.

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